Metro Council candidates hit radio airwaves with fairgrounds-themed ads

Metro Councilman Charlie Tygard and Dave Patterson, who’ s seeking the District 4 seat in southeast Nashville, are on the radio with advertisements focused on the Tennessee State Fairgrounds and the upcoming referendum on its future.

Voters will decide Aug. 4, the same day as the council elections, if all present activities at the fairgrounds must be preserved unless two-thirds of the council agrees to do something else there. Mayor Karl Dean tried to clear the site for redevelopment but was unsuccessful.

Tygard, who’s seeking re-election to an at-large seat, also has an ad about his “watchdog” actions after Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk David Torrence was found to be playing fast and loose with his schedule, hiring practices and a Metro vehicle.

Click on the following links to hear the ads, which are running on WLAC: